Schlitterbahn takes home ‘World’s Best Water Park’ title for the 25th year in a row

The park has 51 attractions across 70 acres, and remains not only a fan favorite but also a one-of-a-kind family waterpark and resort experience. NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas — Not only is it the “hottest, coolest time in Texas”, it’s also the best in the world. That’s right, for the 25th consecutive year, Schlitterbahn has been … Read more

‘The Nun II’ conjures $32.6 million to top box office

Like many horrors before it, bad reviews didn’t scare off moviegoers from buying tickets for “ The Nun II.” The sequel to the 2018 hit, released in 3,728 theaters by Warner Bros., topped the box office in its first weekend in North American theaters earning an estimated $32.6 million, the studio said Sunday. AP’s Mark … Read more

Country singer-songwriter Charlie Robison dies in Texas at age 59

SAN ANTONIO – Charlie Robison, the Texas singer-songwriter whose rootsy anthems made the country charts until he was forced to retire after complications from a medical procedure left him unable to sing, died Sunday. He was 59. Robison died at a hospital in San Antonio after suffering cardiac arrest and other complications, according to a … Read more

In Toronto, Paul Simon takes a bow with a new career-spanning documentary

TORONTO, ONT – After a three-and-a-half-hour documentary on his life, Paul Simon had only sympathy for the audience. “You’re probably exhausted,” Simon told the crowd after the premiere of Alex Gibney’s “In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon” on Sunday at the Toronto International Film Festival. The 81-year-old Simon, himself, hadn’t watched the film … Read more

Cord Jefferson’s insightful satire of race and media, ‘American Fiction,’ lights up TIFF

TORONTO, ONT – Fifty pages into Percival Everett’s “Erasure” Cord Jefferson knew he wanted to adapt it into a movie script. Halfway through, he began to see Jeffrey Wright playing the book’s academic protagonist, Thelonious “Monk” Ellison. By the time he was finished, he knew he wanted to direct it, too. As quick as that, … Read more

Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis apologize for ‘pain’ their letters on behalf of Danny Masterson caused

LOS ANGELES – Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis apologized Saturday for character letters the celebrity couple wrote on behalf of fellow “That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson before he was sentenced for rape this week. A judge in Los Angeles on Thursday sentenced Masterson to 30 years to life in prison for raping two women … Read more